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animus_network2012-12-13 10:54 am
bootsweremadeforcasting) wrote in animus_network2012-12-13 10:54 am
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001 Spells Cast//Video/Action\\
[Jade's finally awake, but he doesn't feel like he is. As the sleep paralysis wears off slowly, Jade becomes aware he's not in his own room. Nothing felt right, not to mention that he never slept in his uniform, even if it wasn't the complete thing. When he could move, Jade pushed himself up in the bed, wincing as his joints made complaints at the sudden movement. Seeing the notes, he picked up the first and glanced it over briefly, a frown crossing his face. Immediately concerned, Jade tried to get out of bed, only to have the lingering effects of the sleep paralysis turn him into a jumbled mess of blankets on the floor.
When he's finally back up, muttering to himself about the damn situation, he seems to search for something and finds the collar around his neck. After a few good minutes of attempting to remove it or find some sort of catch, Jade gives up and he's heading to the door. When he opens it, he leans on the doorframe and rubs his eyes before he surveys the area.
This was entirely abnormal and Jade did not like it one bit. There seemed to be people around, so he wasn't the only one who'd apparently been kidnapped. The Tower? Auldrant was destroyed..? No, there had to be some other explanation. He wasn't stopped, so he assumed the environment wasn't as hostile as he'd initially thought.
Jade finally spotted a Terminal in his searching. Being at least somewhat decent at technology, he approached it and began to fiddle with it, figuring out just what to do with it and how in a few minutes. He didn't have control of the system, so 'Corpse Hunt' was certainly not a command he could use. Too bad this wasn't the Tartarus.
When he did figure out the video function, Jade appeared over the network with a stern expression, the dishevelment from before smoothed out.]
This Commander Jade Curtiss requesting to be properly informed on the situation immediately.
[Even if this was going to result in setting off an alarm, he'd get some reaction from the place that would explain the situation a bit better. At the very least, he'd get some answers.]
When he's finally back up, muttering to himself about the damn situation, he seems to search for something and finds the collar around his neck. After a few good minutes of attempting to remove it or find some sort of catch, Jade gives up and he's heading to the door. When he opens it, he leans on the doorframe and rubs his eyes before he surveys the area.
This was entirely abnormal and Jade did not like it one bit. There seemed to be people around, so he wasn't the only one who'd apparently been kidnapped. The Tower? Auldrant was destroyed..? No, there had to be some other explanation. He wasn't stopped, so he assumed the environment wasn't as hostile as he'd initially thought.
Jade finally spotted a Terminal in his searching. Being at least somewhat decent at technology, he approached it and began to fiddle with it, figuring out just what to do with it and how in a few minutes. He didn't have control of the system, so 'Corpse Hunt' was certainly not a command he could use. Too bad this wasn't the Tartarus.
When he did figure out the video function, Jade appeared over the network with a stern expression, the dishevelment from before smoothed out.]
This Commander Jade Curtiss requesting to be properly informed on the situation immediately.
[Even if this was going to result in setting off an alarm, he'd get some reaction from the place that would explain the situation a bit better. At the very least, he'd get some answers.]
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If that's all they did, I wouldn't understand the fear they seem to put into everyone.
[A bit of humor, despite the situation.]
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[Then again, think about nutrition bars for a solid month... It's a little scary.]
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This Tower doesn't live up to its proclamation of salvation.
and 100 years later!
I'll wait for you to eat.
Well now I'm all dust and stuff. Oh noooes
I'll pass. I'm not quite hungry.
[Not for oatmeal. Plus, he couldn't eat before finding out more. Curiosity trumps appetite.]
/sweeps into a dustpan
[Old people need their nutrition, okay?]
/containment!
[Sometimes old people don't want to eat mush.]
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You can't avoid the hallway forever.]
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She stopped at the stairs, and looked at Jade to see if he wanted to start the climb. Because she wasn't too excited about it.]
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He heads up the stairs easily enough, looking around and keeping alert.]
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She headed up with him, passing the infirmary and the library, since those were pretty standard rooms, and they weren't pertinent to the current goals. She did stop on the fourth floor though, and moved over to the windows that stretched the entire length of the room.]
Every time I've come through here, there's fog outside like this. It's impossible to tell where this tower is. Or how tall it really is.
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Jade followed her and looked out the windows, frowning. It was took thick to be cleared with any of his artes, and even so, it might not give him any indication of where they were. He stayed there, quiet and thinking and frustrated, face impassive.]
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I take it the next floor is the one you had problems with earlier.
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[She clenched her jaw and marched ahead, onto the next floor. The stairs were dimly lit, but there was nothing but total darkness in the room itself. She began to climb just a little quicker, pointedly keeping her eyes on the stairs, not giving the darkness even a glance.]
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I'm right behind you.
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[At least it was somewhat comforting that he wasn't bothered. And only slightly aggravating. When they made it to the next floor, the aquarium, she exhaled as if she had been holding her breath. BUT, she only took a moment to regain her composure, and she continued on quickly.]
There's no glass holding this water in, so dangerous creatures can move freely about this room.
[As odd as that room was, the next was stranger. Especially considering the fact that it wasn't a room. Just an open space, with a lake, waterfalls, and no walls. The rest of the tower could be seen above, connected to their current level only by the stairs.
...But at least it was a nice and tranquil floor.]
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As they got to the next floor, Jade stopped again to stare. How odd, these rooms were. It was hard to believe there was one Tear was so afraid of. He stayed there a moment longer, trying to get his brain to wrap itself around the area. It was such a contrast to the first feeling he'd experienced when waking up.]
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The rest, though, were all mostly tolerable. But it was floor 16, the floor that seemed like an endless void in all directions, were she finally stopped. Gripping the hand rail, she actually froze in place before reaching the next floor.]
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In the void room, Jade stepped away from the staircase, keeping one foot on the stairs and the other seeing if there was solid ground under his feet.]
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Tear.
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[She sprang to life, and marched forward to the next floor. But she was seriously regretting that move. The next floor was mostly dark, and was quiet at first. The walls had bloody smears and hand prints in random places.
And soon the screams began. The pained and terrified wails, in all different voices, echoed loudly through the room, even though no one seemed to be there. Tear clamped her hands over her ears and backed up, actually running into Jade.]
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When Tear was suddenly bumping into him, he looked down at her and looked about again, trying to see anything past the bloodied walls and hand prints. He didn't move Tear just yet, more concerned with the room itself.]
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